Tag Archives: Environment

OTTAWA - Canadian officials negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution at the United Nations say they didn't push other countries to agree to a cap on plastic production because such a measu...

This year's Dutch Elm Disease (DED) survey in Melfort is out, and the news is not good. The City hired a Dutch Elm expert again this year to inspect local trees to see if they have the disease. Infect...

ST. JOHN'S - There was a very happy chicken in a suburb of St. John's, N.L., on Friday after residents who had been forced to leave their homes because of a wildfire were finally cleared to return. Ha...

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has lifted its provincial fire ban.The ban, which covered all Crown lands north of the provincial forest boundary stretching north to the Churchill River, along w...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has set his sights on Canada's electric vehicle mandate, pledging Thursday that his party will embark on a national campaign to push the Liberal governmen...

MONTREAL - Health officials in Montreal are still working to tally the total number of people who died from heat-related causes since Sunday, when sweltering temperatures took over the city. The city'...

Saskatchewan fans of American pop star Chappell Roan are hoping she'll make good on her promise to visit the province.In Roan's new song about post-breakup heartache, called "The Subway," the singer-s...

A Chinese tariff of nearly 76 per cent on Canadian canola seed is set to come into force today.The duty, announced Tuesday, has already caused the price of one of Canada's most valuable crops to fall,...

ST. JOHN'S - Officials say the largest wildfire burning in Newfoundland and Labrador may have destroyed up to 100 homes and structures. However, Premier John Hogan says it is still too dangerous for c...

Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for a storm northwest of North Battleford that was tracking to the northeast.A series of SaskAlert warnings were sent starting around 3 p.m. to affected are...